Setting text alignment

Alignment determines the position of a paragraph of text relative to the edges of its text block. In horizontal alignment, text is aligned relative to the left and right edges of a text block. In vertical alignment, text is aligned relative to the top and bottom edges of a text block. For more information on setting horizontal or vertical text orientation, see Setting text orientation.

You can align horizontal text to the left or right edges of the text block, center it, or fully justify it, so that text aligns to both the left and right edges. By default, horizontal text is left-aligned.

Vertical text can be aligned to the top or bottom of a text block, centered within the text block, or fully justified between both the top and bottom edges.

To achieve a stretched filter, or to fit text into a specific space, you can set the alignment to stretch the text horizontally (for horizontally oriented text) or vertically (for vertically oriented text).

Horizontal text stretched to fill a text block

The alignment controls appear in the Property inspector when text is highlighted or a text block is selected.

Text alignment options in the Property inspector

To set text alignment:

1. Select the text.
2. Click an alignment button in the Property inspector.